Peter Novick

Peter Novick (July 26, 1934 – February 17, 2012) was an American historian. He was best known for writing That Noble Dream: The "Objectivity Question and the American Historical Profession and The Holocaust in American Life. The latter title has also been published as The Holocaust and Collective Memory, especially for non-US anglophonic markets.

Novick was born on July 26, 1934 in Jersey City, New Jersey. He died on February 17, 2012 from lung cancer in Chicago, Illinois, aged 77.